Karissa Skirmont (@karissa) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I tame technology for women entrepreneurs who are overwhelmed and tired of trying to figure it out by themselves. Online Business Manager, Website & Graphic Designer, specializing in WordPress MultiSite (stated the first FB group), lover of technology and obsessed with purple things.

I’m an organizer for the WordPress Kansas City Meetup group and the Lead Organizer for WordCamp Kansas City 2019. https://kansascity.wordcamp.org.

Interests

WordPress, Multisite, Tech, website and graphic design, Shark Tank, anything purple, Colorado lover.

WordPress Origin Story

I created my first WP.com site for my mom in July 2007 but didn’t do my first WP.org install till 2009 after attempting it before, but it finally clicked this time.

Member Since: October 2nd, 2010
Location: Kansas City, KS
Website: KarissaSkirmont.com
Job Title: Founder & CEO
Employer: ProfoundlyPurple.com
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Contribution History

Meetup Organizer
Plugin Developer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Posted a reply to Upgrade nag, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It is doing this on two different sites on two different servers, so the issue…
2 years ago
Created a topic, Upgrade nag, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Why will the upgrade nag not go away after Xing it, ev…
2 years ago
Created a topic, Upgrade nag, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Why will the upgrade nag not go away after Xing it, ev…
2 years ago
Created a topic, Does this work with Keap?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I need to use this to better stylize the form on a cli…
3 years ago
Created a topic, Spacer Shortcut Changed!?!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So why did the spacer shortcode change? Very frustrati…
4 years ago
Posted a reply to Bugs with latest WordPress/Gutenberg, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm getting this too. I only realized it cause saw my testimonials looked funky and…
4 years ago
Posted a reply to This error appears to me Warning: usort() expects parameter 1 to be array, bool, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I also am having this problem. Rolling back to 3.0.5 fixed it.
4 years ago
Created a topic, Cluttering WP UI, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So I just realized that this plugin adds in an option …
4 years ago
Wrote a new post, WordCamp Kansas City 2020 Postponed, on the site WordCamp Central:
The WordCamp Kansas City 2020 organizing team has decided to postpone WordCamp KC, originally scheduled…
5 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Event Cancellation Guidelines and Procedures, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Yes I can access that and about to post. Thanks
5 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Event Cancellation Guidelines and Procedures, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
How do we post to that?
5 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post New organizer recommendations due to epidemic-based uncertainty, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
The team here in Kansas City just made the decision to postpone ours (that was…
5 years ago
Created a topic, THANK YOU!!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for making the plugin to revert this "featur…
5 years ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Kansas City 2020
5 years ago
Wrote a new post, Welcome to WordCamp Kansas City, on the site WordCamp Kansas City:
Organizers note: Please update the portions with red text. We're happy to announce that WordCamp…
5 years ago
Posted a reply to Text is all big on all pages!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Oh my, I didn't notice that added item at all. Great, I set it to…
5 years ago
Posted a reply to Text is all big on all pages!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So I finally found whats making it do this but have no idea how its…
5 years ago
Created a topic, Text is all big on all pages!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I went to my client's site and all the text was BIG. D…
5 years ago
Wrote a new post, Get your WordCamp Kansas City 2019 Site Badge, on the site WordCamp Kansas City 2019:
Digital badges are now available to help show your support for WordCamp Kansas City 2019!…
5 years ago
Wrote a new post, WordCamp KC 2019 Call for Speakers is Now Open!, on the site WordCamp Kansas City 2019:
Hey WordPress Lovers, We're super-excited to announce that the 2019 WordCamp KC Call for Speakers…
5 years ago
Wrote a new post, What’s Keeping You From Speaking at WordCamp?, on the site WordCamp Kansas City 2019:
If you’re anything like me, then you’ve been sitting with that Call for Speakers form…
6 years ago
Created a topic, Would love for Snippets work across separate websites, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is there any technical way possible to have post snipp…
6 years ago
Wrote a new post, Get your WordCamp Kansas City 2019 Site Badge, on the site WordCamp Kansas City 2019:
Digital badges are now available to help show your support for WordCamp Kansas City 2019!…
6 years ago
Wrote a new post, Welcome to WordCamp Kansas City 2019, on the site WordCamp Kansas City 2019:
Welcome to KC’s WordPress Community! We're happy to announce that WordCamp Kansas City 2019 is…
6 years ago
Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Kansas City 2019
6 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post New 5.0 Target Date, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Just read through many of the comments above. So many people have expressed what I…
6 years ago
Wrote a new post, Welcome to WordCamp Kansas City 2018, on the site WordCamp Kansas City 2019:
Organizers note: Please update the portions with red text. We're happy to announce that WordCamp…
6 years ago
Wrote a new post, Welcome to WordCamp Kansas City, MO USA, on the site WordCamp Kansas City, MO USA:
Organizers note: Please update the portions with red text. We're happy to announce that WordCamp…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Could you do an update to get it out of the 2 year status?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Awesome thanks!
6 years ago
Created a topic, I love having this shortcut in my Multisites!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am all about saving the clicks!
6 years ago
Created a topic, Could you do an update to get it out of the 2 year status?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Pippin, I'm doing a Multisite split and migration…
6 years ago
Created a topic, Auto updating total, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Would it be possible to have the shortcode total auto-…
6 years ago
Created a topic, Plugin causes RSS feed validation to fail, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I was trying to connect the WP blog to push posts to e…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Can we get a update to get it out of the 2 year status?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Your welcome! :)
6 years ago
Created a topic, Can we get a update to get it out of the 2 year status?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm doing some troubleshooting for a slow backend and …
6 years ago
Created a topic, Nooooo please let it bake more and have it only as a plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As a WP Meetup and WordCamp Organizer, we as a team ev…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Captcha to stop spam, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am needing a CAPTCHA too! My client got a note from Infusionsoft regarding a…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Abandoned?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yay Steve! Just saw that you updated this. Thanks!!!!
6 years ago
Posted a reply to WP Dashboard – remove square notification, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks Luminus. I was going crazy trying to get rid of the nags too. I…
7 years ago
Wrote a new post, Get your WordCamp Kansas City 2018 Site Badge, on the site WordCamp Kansas City 2018:
Digital badges are now available to help show your support for WordCamp Kansas City 2018!…
7 years ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Kansas City 2018
7 years ago
Wrote a new post, Just the FAQs: Speaking at WordCamp KC 2018, on the site WordCamp Kansas City 2018:
We recently announced that our Call for Speakers for WordCamp KC 2018 is now open,…
7 years ago
Posted a reply to Hide date, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok after hacking around in the code I finally got this to work by adding…
7 years ago
Posted a reply to Hide date, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok but how do you get rid of the date on the individual testimonial page?…
7 years ago
Created a topic, How do I just show elapsed years?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am trying to have a shortcode that ONLY shows elapse…
7 years ago
Created a topic, Wow, didn’t realize how much I needed this, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've been getting annoyance on the growing amount of d…
7 years ago
Created ticket #693 on Meta Trac:
Improve profile page Plugin and Theme sort options
10 years ago

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